GPL D3d settings

Just got a GF2 GTS card. What should be the setting for GPL using D3d to get the best frame rate? Or should I be using open GL and what are those settings. Also what drivers should I be using for the video card? system: PIII600 256 ram windows 98se Thanks, Chris G.

Definitely use D3D and not OpenGL for GPL. You'll need the D3D patch from papy, and these are the settings I use in my core.ini- [ Int Profile Values ] value3 = Direct3D7:D3DDevice:0 value4 = Direct3D7:TossHighestMip:0 value5 = Direct3D7:TrilinearFiltering:0 value6 = Direct3D7:DoubleMirrorResWidth:0 value7 = Direct3D7:DoubleMirrorResHeight:0 value8 = Direct3D7:DirectMirrorRendering:0 value9 = Direct3D7:DisableZBuffer:0 [ Direct3D7 ] D3DDevice = 0 TossHighestMip = 0 TrilinearFiltering = 1 DoubleMirrorResWidth = 1 DoubleMirrorResHeight = 1 DirectMirrorRendering = 1 DisableZBuffer = 0 I run 1280*1024 with the detail slider bar on half. The reason I turn the detail bar down is that I like to run full grid AI races, and still get close to 36 fps (I have p3-650). Also I use the 6.50 D3 drivers from www.nvidia.com . I use these because they're the latest official drivers, and I don't like using beta drivers, but I have heard that some of the other drivers may be faster. I don't use FSAA. Hope that helps :) "cgenn27" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:OZOR6.11739$[email hidden]... > Just got a GF2 GTS card. What should be the setting for GPL using D3d toget

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> the best frame rate? Or should I be using open GL and what are those > settings. Also what drivers should I be using for the video card? > > system: > PIII600 > 256 ram > windows 98se > > Thanks, > > Chris G. > > >

If you decide to try the beta drivers give the 12.40 a shot. not quite as fast as the 12.20 but much better looking. MadDAWG

I agree with MadDawg on that observation. The difference is remarkable and very noticeable on a GF-3 card! And the FPS "hit"...is minimal really. Tom

Ok, i'll give em a go :) "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:iYRR6.53227$%[email hidden]... > I agree with MadDawg on that observation. The difference is remarkableand > very noticeable on a GF-3 card! And the FPS "hit"...is minimal really. > > Tom

Hmm... can't really tell any difference. The 12.40s don't seem to know what refresh rate my monitor is supposed to be in, and they have maybe slightly better colour contrast, but apart from that no difference with 6.50. Also the 12.40s seems to have an anisotropic filtering bug which wasn't there in 6.50, so I think i'll stick with 6.50 on my GF2 gts. "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:rzTR6.22715$[email hidden]...

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> Ok, i'll give em a go :) > > "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:iYRR6.53227$%[email hidden]... > > I agree with MadDawg on that observation. The difference is remarkable > and > > very noticeable on a GF-3 card! And the FPS "hit"...is minimal really. > > > > Tom

Hehe, actually 6.50 are definitely faster for me with GPL. "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:AnVR6.23282$[email hidden]... > Hmm... can't really tell any difference. The 12.40s don't seem to knowwhat > refresh rate my monitor is supposed to be in, and they have maybe slightly > better colour contrast, but apart from that no difference with 6.50. Also > the 12.40s seems to have an anisotropic filtering bug which wasn't therein > 6.50, so I think i'll stick with 6.50 on my GF2 gts.

On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:54:37 -0400, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote: >If you decide to try the beta drivers give the 12.40 a shot. not quite as >fast as the 12.20 but much better looking. I read the 12.40 drivers have astropic filtering or something like that. Anybody experimented with this in GPL? What does it do exactly and does it hit the fps like FSAA does? Andre > >MadDAWG > >

The frame rate hit I saw was about 0.5 fps, and it looks like this - http://www.sbdev.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/anis.jpg If you can't see the difference, look at the texture on the nose of the car. "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 1 Jun 2001 13:54:37 -0400, "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >If you decide to try the beta drivers give the 12.40 a shot. not quite as > >fast as the 12.20 but much better looking. > > I read the 12.40 drivers have astropic filtering or something like > that. Anybody experimented with this in GPL? What does it do exactly > and does it hit the fps like FSAA does? > > Andre